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Sickle cell anemia, sickle cell beta-thalassemia, and thalassemia major in Albania: characterization of mutations.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 1994
Boletini E, Svobodova M, Divoky V, Baysal E, Cürük M A, Dimovski A J, Liang R, Adekile A D, Huisman T H
Abstract excerpt
We have analyzed the hemoglobin abnormalities in nearly 50 Albanian patients with a significant hemoglobinopathy and included 37 relatives in this study. Sickle cell anemia (SS) is a common disorder; all 15 sickle cell anemia patients had the complications expected for this disease. The beta S haplotype was type 19 (Benin); alpha-thalassemia-2 was rare. Three beta-thalassemia alleles (IVS-I-110, G-->A; codon 39,...
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